Ozone therapy in extractive surgery on patients treated with bisphosphonates

J Craniofac Surg. 2007 Sep;18(5):1068-70. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181572609.

Abstract

It is certain that oral extractive surgery is a remarkable trigger to avascular osteonecrosis of the jaw in patients treated with pyrophosphate analogous. This acquisition limits the use of endo-oral surgery in those patients, even when they have already developed the lesions. In this study, we present the results obtained in a group of 15 patients deriving from a 33-patient cluster with osteonecrosis of the jaw in treatment at our department with a new protocol based on ozone therapy. The object of this article is to demonstrate how dental extraction becomes possible in a patient with avascular bisphosphonate-related jaw osteonecrosis or in those who simply received pyrophosphate analogous when proper treatment with ozone therapy has been done.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bone Density Conservation Agents / adverse effects*
  • Diphosphonates / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteonecrosis / chemically induced
  • Osteonecrosis / prevention & control*
  • Oxidants, Photochemical / therapeutic use*
  • Ozone / therapeutic use*
  • Tooth Extraction / adverse effects

Substances

  • Bone Density Conservation Agents
  • Diphosphonates
  • Oxidants, Photochemical
  • Ozone